Circle/City

Operator

April 2006

May 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,110,457

2,150,598

40,141

1.90

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,895,895

1,924,306

28,411

1.50

Delhi

MTNL

967,470

1,000,634

33,164

3.43

Delhi

Idea Cellular

869,115

895,549

26,434

3.04

Total

5,842,937

5,971,087

128,150

2.19

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,307,628

1,292,528

-15,100

-1.15

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,050,456

2,098,102

47,646

2.32

Mumbai

MTNL

1,050,174

1,096,844

46,670

4.44

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,278,571

1,333,717

55,146

4.31

Total

5,686,829

5,821,191

134,362

2.36

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

735,434

760,006

24,572

3.34

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

715,304

747,202

31,898

4.46

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

458,519

474,180

15,661

3.42

Chennai

BSNL

582,704

586,221

3,517

0.60

Total

2,491,961

2,567,609

75,648

3.04

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

647,041

656,095

9,054

1.4

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,029,406

1,049,443

20,037

1.95

Kolkata

BSNL

447,604

482,175

34,571

7.72

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

70,849

106,632

35,783

50.51

Total

2,194,900

2,294,345

99,445

4.53

All Metros

16,216,627

16,654,232

437,605

2.7

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

770,579

808,953

38,374

4.98

Maharashtra

Idea

1,847,979

1,937,975

89,996

4.87

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,409,198

1,520,239

111,041

7.88

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,139,242

1,139,242

0

0

Total

5,166,998

5,406,409

239,411

4.63

Gujarat

Fascel

2,433,621

2,563,944

130,323

5.36

Gujarat

Idea

1,097,504

1,151,819

54,315

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

908,014

935,320

27,306

3.01

Gujarat

BSNL

901,310

901,310

0

0

Total

5,340,449

5,552,393

211,944

3.97

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

969,761

1,028,033

58,272

6.01

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,894,358

2,015,400

121,042

6.39

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

879,903

922,987

43,084

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,246,514

1,259,630

13,116

1.05

Total

4,990,536

5,226,050

235,514

4.72

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

2,242,067

2,444,065

201,998

9.01

Karnataka

Spice Communications

441,966

461,734

19,768

4.47

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,158,835

1,195,925

37,090

3.20

Karnataka

BSNL

1,296,459

1,319,466

23,007

1.77

Total

5,139,327

5,421,190

281,863

5.48

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

526,331

553,536

27,205

5.17

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,780,040

1,840,390

60,350

3.39

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,515,044

1,565,054

50,010

3.30

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

983,669

1,081,344

97,675

9.93

Total

4,805,084

5,040,327

235,243

4.90

A Circle

25,442,394

26,646,366

1,203,972

4.73

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

815,306

848,584

33,278

4.08

Kerala

BPL Cellular

479,351

500,438

21,087

4.40

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

622,548

626,689

4,141

0.67

Kerala

BSNL

1,618,701

1,634,886

16,185

1

Total

3,535,906

3,610,597

74,691

2.11

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,542,608

1,565,817

23,209

1.50

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,799,193

1,918,513

119,320

6.63

Punjab

BSNL

375,778

384,238

8,460

2.25

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

680,912

706,026

25,114

3.69

Total

4,398,491

4,574,594

176,103

4

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

322,301

364,661

42,360

13.14

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

368,020

374,765

6,745

1.83

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

452,059

472,179

20,120

4.45

Haryana

BSNL

488,911

493,363

4,452

0.91

Total

1,631,291

1,704,968

73,677

4.52

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

954,882

1,016,648

61,766

6.47

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

607,250

615,851

8,601

1.42

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

963,826

980,855

17,029

1.77

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

664,746

726,757

62,011

9.33

Total

3,190,704

3,340,111

149,407

4.68

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,483,758

1,603,916

120,158

8.10

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

1,629,549

1,661,716

32,167

1.97

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

722,499

795,928

73,429

10.16

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

403

630

227

56.33

Total

3,836,209

4,062,190

225,981

5.89

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

641,354

683,837

42,483

6.62

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,026,128

1,037,119

10,991

1.07

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,158,599

1,215,634

57,035

4.92

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

285

309

24

8.42

Total

2,826,366

2,936,899

110,533

3.91

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

763,142

818,643

55,501

7.27

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

540,434

558,237

17,803

3.29

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

521,472

546,781

25,309

4.85

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

512,696

527,260

14,564

2.84

Total

2,337,744

2,450,921

113,177

4.84

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

291,469

327,988

36,519

12.53

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

755,906

782,694

26,788

3.54

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

351,132

355,996

4,864

1.39

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

540,533

580,582

40,049

7.41

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

39,904

60,908

21,004

52.64

Total

1,978,944

2,108,168

129,224

6.53

B Circle

23,735,655

24,788,448

1,052,793

4.44

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

367,165

373,941

6,776

1.85

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

63,052

65,584

2,532

4.02

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

225,903

233,455

7,552

3.34

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

98

110

Total

656,218

673,090

16,872

2.57

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

514,186

529,456

15,270

2.97

Bihar

BSNL

952,933

992,157

39,224

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

1,015,252

1,113,304

98,052

9.66

Total

2,482,371

2,634,917

152,546

6.15

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

215,376

231,946

16,570

7.69

Orissa

BSNL

568,854

575,354

6,500

1.14

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

476,302

495,393

19,091

4.01

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

64,191

88,495

24,304

37.86

Total

1,324,723

1,391,188

66,465

5.02

Assam

Reliance Telecom

224,455

236,604

12,149

5.41

Assam

BSNL

407,446

418,326

10,880

2.67

Assam

Bharti Cellular

213,439

260,612

47,173

22.10

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

101,555

132,708

31,153

30.68

Total

946,895

1,048,250

101,355

10.7

North East

Reliance Telecom

90,072

99,439

9,367

10.4

North East

Bharti Cellular

53,187

63,776

46,252

86.96

North East

BSNL

252,109

268,101

15,992

6.34

North East

Dishnet Wireless

71,019

102,052

31,033

43.7

Total

466,387

533,368

66,981

14.36

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

545,625

579,771

34,146

6.26

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

267,597

300,150

32,553

12.16

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

38,494

40,312

1,818

4.72

Total

851,716

920,233

68,517

8.04

C Circle

6,728,310

7,201,046

472,736

7.03

All India

72,122,986

75,290,092

3,167,106

4.39

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

22,299

­–

­–

22,299

Chennai

189,926

­–

­–

189,926

Delhi

447,604

­–

­–

447,604

Gujarat

6,039

­–

­–

6,039

Haryana

19,284

­–

­–

19,284

Karnataka

237,499

­–

­–

237,499

Kerala

11,998

­–

­–

11,998

Kolkata

6,818

­–

­–

6,818

Madhya Pradesh

280,947

23,041

­–

303,988

Maharashtra

5,236

­–

­–

5,236

Mumbai

20,214

­–

­–

20,214

Punjab

30,925

­–

­–

30,925

Tamil Nadu

109,872

­–

­–

109,872

Uttar Pradesh (East)

10,469

­–

­–

10,469

Uttar Pradesh (West)

6,087

­–

­–

6,087

Total

1,405,217

23,041

­–

1,428,258

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

16,414

­–

1,902,374

1,918,788

Bihar

311

­–

698,780

699,091

Chennai

17,032

­–

575,435

592,467

Delhi – NCR

33,382

­–

1,829,301

1,862,683

Haryana

466

­–

323,598

324,064

Himachal Pradesh

6

­–

28,578

28,584

Jammu & Kashmir

0

­–

235

235

Karnataka

34,631

­–

1,187,859

1,222,490

Kerala

8,454

­–

1,054,681

1,063,135

Kolkata

25,816

­–

883,959

909,775

Madhya Pradesh

6,002

­–

955,561

961,563

Maharashtra

20,124

­–

1,528,835

1,548,959

Mumbai

34,842

­–

1,760,602

1,795,444

Orissa

779

­–

260,140

260,919

Punjab

10,356

­–

693,483

703,839

Rajasthan

933

­–

885,890

886,823

Tamil Nadu

10,124

­–

1,020,247

1,030,371

Uttar Pradesh (East)

9,313

­–

1,293,227

1,302,540

Uttar Pradesh (West)

441

­–

930,989

931,430

West Bengal

123

­–

404,822

404,945

Gujarat

40,334

­–

1,113,184

1,153,518

Total

269,883

­–

19,331,780

19,601,663

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

205,591

59,419

62,361

327,371

Total

205,591

59,419

62,361

327,371

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

143,168

33,904

27,627

204,699

Total

143,168

33,904

27,627

204,699

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

105,245

401,523

621,099

1,127,867

Bihar

60

58,889

166,017

224,966

Chennai

6,802

161,038

91,252

259,092

Delhi

14,205

537,011

915,730

1,466,946

Gujarat

24,898

351,185

271,297

647,380

Haryana

­–

38,330

261,337

299,667

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,821

32,865

36,686

Karnataka

35,566

336,691

372,207

744,464

Kerala

­–

125,419

184,244

309,663

Kolkata

150

203,864

352,119

556,133

Madhya Pradesh

­–

85,053

188,088

273,141

Orissa

­–

20,894

80,951

101,845

Punjab

­–

111,299

254,170

365,469

Rajasthan

­–

61,003

289,993

350,996

Tamil Nadu

572

198,767

154,151

353,490

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

54,544

278,783

333,327

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

54,936

317,641

372,577

West Bengal

­–

36,080

147,171

183,251

Maharashtra

40,702

437,374

452,359

930,435

Mumbai

191,930

397,731

471,029

1,060,690

Total

420,130

3,675,452

5,902,503

9,998,085

Grand total

2,449,989

3,791,816

25,324,271

31,560,076